The 15th Amendment was written to stop governments from picking winners and losers based on skin color. In Louisiana, that is ...

Before it was set in November, the Thanksgiving holiday bounced across calendars for years, and was almost entirely forgotten ...

Explore the truths behind Civil War and slavery myths that persist in America and understand the real history behind them.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco ruled in July that a group of states that sued over the order ...

Sherrilyn Ifill delivered a lecture on reimagining American democracy, the role of the 14th Amendment of the U.S.

Addressing the U.S.'s cultural and economic inequalities effectively will require vastly different leadership than what we ...

Writing under the pseudonym Cato, an anti-Federalist thought to be the then-New York governor George Clinton warned against ...

As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are ...

Letters to the editor reflect the views of individual readers. Today’s issue: The letter calling women's suffrage a 'disaster ...

A Heritage insider alleging "openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’ editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends ...